Anthraquinone dyestuffs



United States Patent This is a continuation in part of my applicationSer. No. 147,152 filed Oct. 24, 1961.

The present invention provides new, valuable anthraquinone dyestufiswhich correspond to the formula in which one X is hydrogen and the otherX an at most bicyclic aryhnercapto group, R is a member selected fromthe group consisting of phenylene, thiophene, diphenylene,azodiphenylene, diphenylmethane, naphthylene thianthrene radicals andthe radical of the formula and Y is a member selected from the groupconsisting of a chlorine, atom, a phenylamino, phenoxy, phenylmercapto,phenyl, and B-hydroxy-naphthyl radicals.

The, new dyestulfs may be obtained by condensing two mols of anaminoanthraquinone of the formula X (L X in which one X is hydrogen andthe-other-X is an at most bicyclic arylmercapto group, for example anapthylmercapto group, but especially a phenylmercapto group which maybe substituted by, chlorine atoms lower alkyl, phenyl, and lower alkoxygroups, with one mol of a halide of an appropriate dicarboxylic acid ora dihalogentriazine of the formula in which Y has the above indicatedmeaning.

The dyestufis of the invention are suitable for dyeing and printing avery wide variety of materials such as synthetic or natural fibers, andespecially for dyeing or printing textile materials of natural orregenerated cellu lose from a vat. The dyeings obtained by using thedyestulfs of the invention are distinguished by their excellent fastnessto light and excellent properties of wet fastness.

The condensation products obtained by the process, after conversion intoa finely divided form, are suitable as pigments, for example, for dyeingorganic products of high molecular weight, such as lacquers, plasticmasses, for example, polyvinyl chloride, or plastic masses capable ofbeing spun, for example, viscose, acetyl-cellulose, polyacrylonitrile,polyesters, polyamide and polyalkylenes, such as polyethylene orpolypropylene, or they may be used as printing colors.

The following examples illustrate the invention, the parts andpercentages being by weight unless otherwise stated, and therelationship of parts by weight to parts by volume being the same asthat of the kilogram to the liter:

Example 1 16.5 parts of 1-amino-5-phenylrnercapto-anthraquinone arestirred with 4.6 parts of cyanuric chloride and 0.2 part of pyridine inparts by volume of dry nitrobenzene at C. for 3 hours. The whole isstirred under reflux for a further hour. The bright orange condensationproduct separates out while the mixture is still warm. After cooling themixture, the precipitate is filtered off, washed with a littlenitrobenzene and then thoroughly washed with methanol. The dyestulf soobtained corresponds to the formula O-HN it and dyes cotton goldenyellow tints from a red-orange vat.

By using as the amine component, instead of l-arnino-S-phenylmercapto-anthraquinone, an equimolecular quantity of any of theamines named in Column I of the following table, there are obtaineddyestuffs which dye cotton from a vat the tints given in Column II.

I II

l-amino-et-phenylmereaptoanthraquinone1-amino-5-p-methoxyphenylmercaptoanthraquinone.l-amino-5-p-phenyl-pheuylmercaptoanthraquinona1-amino-5-(para-methylphenylmereapto)- anthraquinone.1-amino-5-(3-ehlorophenylmercapto)-anthraquin0ne1-amino-4-(l-napthy1mereapto)-anthraquinone1-amino-4-(Z-napthylmercapto)anthraquinone1-amino-S-(Z-napthylmercapto)-anthraquinonel-amino-5-(8-chloro-l-naphthylmercapto)-an- Do.

thraquinone.

Example 2 3 parts of the condensation product obtained as described inthe first paragraph of Example 1 are stirred under reflux for 20 hourswith 2 parts of aniline and 0.2 part of pyridine in 100 parts by volumeof ortho-dichlorobenzene. After cooling the mixture, it is clarified byfiltration, and the yellow-orange dyestuff of the formula isprecipitated with ether. It dyes cotton from a redorange vat yellowtints.

Example 3 3 parts of the condensation product obtained as de- 2 scribedin the first paragraph of Example 1 are stirred under reflux for hourswith 3 parts by volume of thiophenol and 0.5 part of metallic sodium in100 parts by volume of dimethyl-formamide. After cooling the mixture, itis filtered with suction and the yellow-brown dyestuff is washed wellwith methanol and water. It has the formula are stirred in 700 parts byvolume of dry nitrobenzene in the presence of 1 part of pyridine with22.6 parts of 2:4- diohloro-6-phenyl-1:3z5-triazine for 3 hours at 160C., and then for a further hour under reflux. After being cooled, theorange-yellow dyestuff of the formula C-HN 0 II I H N separates out, andis thoroughly washed with methanol and dried in vacuo at 70 C. Thedyestufi' dyes cotton from a vat yellow tints having excellentproperties of fastness.

By using instead of 2,4-dichloro-6-phenyl-triazine 24.2 parts of2,4-dichloro-6-phenoxy-1:325-triazine a yellow dyestutf with similarproperties is obtained.

Example 5 66.2 parts of l-amino-S-phenylmercapto-anthroquinone arestirred for 3 hours at 160 C. in 600 parts by volume of drynitrobenzene, which contains 1 part of pyridine, with 29.2 parts of2:4-dichloro-6-(2-l1ydroxynaphthyl- 1)-1:3:5-triazine, and then for afurther /2 hour under reflux. After cooling the mixture, the dyestulf isfiltered off. It is reddish yellow and has the formula /N o NHO/ \CHN 0H I II I ll and is then thoroughly washed with methanol and dried at 70C. in vacuo. The dyestuff dyes c-otton from a vat 0 bright yellow tintshaving very good properties of fastness.

Example 6 6.6 parts of l-amino-S-phenylmercapto-anthraquinone arestirred under reflux for 2 hours in 50 parts by volume of drynitrobenzene with 2 parts of terephthalic acid chloride, and 0.2 part byvolume of pyridine. The acyl'ation product separates out While themixture is still hot. After cooling the mixture, the product is filteredoff, and washed with a little nitrobenzene and then thoroughly washedwith methanol. The brilliant orange dyestufi has the following formula 00 O NH-(ul-O-(i-HN 0 ll 1 II I I! l s 0 0 s and dyes cotton yellow tintsfrom a yellow-green vat.

Example 7 331 parts of 1-amino-5-phenylmercapto-anthraquinone arestirred in 2000 parts by volume of trichlorobenzene, 5 parts by volumeof thionyl chloride and 2 parts by volume of pyridine for 3 hours at C.with 102 parts of isophthalic acid dichloride. After being cooled, themixture is filtered, and the filter residue is thoroughly washed withmethanol and dried in vacuo .at 70 C. The dyestulf so obtainedcorresponds to the formula and dyes cotton from a v-at yellow tintshaving excellent properties of fastness to light and wet fastness.

By using, instead of 102 parts of isophthalic acid dichloride, thedicarboxylic acid dichlorides given in C01- umn I in the quantitiesgiven in Column 11 analogous dyestuffs are obtained. 4

Dicarboxylic acid dichloride Parts -oo-o1' 126 4 O=(|LCH|OCOC1 147 S 40UGO-Cl 170 e 0=c all \s Instead of 331 parts of1-amino-5-phenylmercapto- Example 8 34 parts of 2:5-thiophenedicarboxylic acid are stirred with 32 parts by volume of thionylchloride in 650 parts by volume of dry nitrobenzene in the presence of0.1 part of pyridine for /2 hour at 120 C. The whole is-cooled to 80 C.,132 parts of 1-amino-5-phenylmercaptoanthraquinone are added, and thewhole is stirred for 2 hours at 135 C. After cooling the mixture, itisfiltered and the yellow-orange dyestuff is washed with methanol.

Example 9 12.6 parts of the dicondensation product of perylene314:9:IO-tetracarboxylic acid and 1-aminobenzene-3-carboxylic acid arefinely powdered and suspended in 150 parts by volume of drynitrobenzene, and 12 parts of thionyl chloride and 0.5 part of pyridineare added. The whole is heated while stirring well for 2 hours at 95 to100 C., then for one hour at 130 to 135 C. and finally for a furtherhour at 170 to 175 C. The excess of thionyl chloride is distilled off at120 C. in vacuo, and there are then added to the reaction mixture 16parts of 1-amino-5-phenylmercaptoanthraquinone. The condensation iscarried out for 3 hours at to C., for a further 3 hours at to C., andfinally for a further hour at C. After cooling the mixture to roomtemperature, the dyestuff is filtered off, washed with nitrobenzene andthen With methanol, and dried in vacuo at 90 C. There is obtained ared-brown dyestufi powder which dyes cotton and regenerated cellulosefrom a reddish blue vat by the usual vat dyeing methods scarlet redtints having very good properties of wet fastness. The dyestuifcorresponds to the formula .By using, insteadlof 16 parts of1-amino-5-phenylmerca-ptoanthraquinone, 16 parts of1-amino-4-phenylmercaptoanthraquinone, there is obtained a dyestutfwhich dyes cotton more bluish red tints.

Example 10 1 part of the dyestuff obtained as described in Example 5 isvatted in 100 parts of water with the addition of 4 parts by volume of asolution of 30% strength of sodium hydroxide and 2 parts of sodiumhydrosulfite at 45 C. The stock vat so obtained is mixed with a solutionof 4 parts by volume of a solution of 30% strength of sodium hydroxideand 2 parts of sodium hydrosulfite in 2000 parts of water. 100 parts ofcotton are dyed in the resulting dyebath for one hour at 40 to 50 C.with the addition of 10 parts of sodium chloride. The cotton is thensqueezed, oxidized in the air, rinsed, acidified, again rinsed andsoaped at the boil. The cottonv is dyed a brilliant yellow tint havingvery good properties of fastness.

What is claimed is: 1. An anthraquinone dyestufi seleeted from the groupconsisting of formulae Ar-S g C i uHllI S O t l N i) H H o No referencescited.

ALEX MAZEL, Primary Examiner.

HENRY R. JILES, Examiner.

RAY BOYD, Assistant Examiner.

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1. AN ANTHRAQUINONE DYESTUFF SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OFFORMULAE